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    Default Passenger ships and freighters of the 50's and 60's

    Nice UTube video of ships from those years by a Burns Phillips agent in Port Adelaide.
    See if you can spot one of yours.
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    https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=tseRYP...Iud3QMonazoT2I

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    Probably because from my time at sea, but the lines of most of those ships were pleasing to the eye, not at all like the floating pigeon lofts we se today, nice memories, kt
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    Very interesting , John
    recognised most ships and saw my old ship NEW ZEALAND STAR, sailed on her in 1953
    Good music too
    Cheers
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    Quote Originally Posted by Keith Tindell View Post
    Probably because from my time at sea, but the lines of most of those ships were pleasing to the eye, not at all like the floating pigeon lofts we se today, nice memories, kt
    and liked the music

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    Proper ships.
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    Thanks for the video clip some nice looking old girls there. Curious about the Hull colour changes you see on that clip. Why did Blue Star line seem to change the hull colours so often? or was it possibly chartered in tonnage ?
    Last edited by Lewis McColl; 21st February 2021 at 06:31 PM.

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    Excellent Video thanks you, really enjoyed watching !
    There should be more of these kind of Videos available for free. One can But old Videos though of some of the good old Liners of which i have a few from Snowbow Productions . Worth the price for some good old Nostalgia
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    Port Adelaide like Port Melbourne were busy ports back then.
    But now it is only box boats and cruise ships.
    Happy daze John in Oz.

    Life is too short to blend in.

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    Who doesn't like the Shadows nd Johny Cash? And there was one BI ship on there. I think it was the Nuddea. Anyone more sure?
    Geoff.

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    Caught a glimpse of the Orontes, sailed home from Sydney on her 1951

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